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<h3 class="heading3">Installing Applications</h3>
<p class="bodytext">To enhance a web site with valuable features, such as guest books, forums, hit counters, photo galleries, and e-commerce solutions, you can install the respective applications from Plesk web application library (<strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong><strong class="specialbold"> </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Web Applications</strong>).</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To install an application on your site:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Go to <strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong><strong class="specialbold"> </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Web Applications</strong> and click <strong class="specialbold">Install New Application</strong>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">In the left menu, select a category to which the application you need belongs.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select the required application in the list, and then click <img src="24019.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> <strong class="specialbold">Install</strong>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Some applications will display a license agreement. Read the license agreement carefully, and if you agree with it, select the <strong class="specialbold">I agree</strong> check box and click <strong class="specialbold">Next &gt;&gt;</strong>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Specify whether you wish to create a hyperlink to the application and place it in the control panel.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Specify the installation preferences and other information that may be required by the application (the requirements may vary among applications). When finished, click <strong class="specialbold">Install</strong>.</li></ol><p class="bodytext">After the application was installed, you can insert a link to this application into the web pages of your site, for example, on your home page. Otherwise, you and your users will have to access this application by typing its URL, which can be too long to remember.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To access the web interface of an application, do any of the following:</p>
<ul class="listbullet"><li class="listbullet">Type the URL in your browser. For example: http://your-domain.com/forum/.</li><li class="listbullet">Go to <strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong><strong class="specialbold"> </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Web Applications</strong> and click <img src="45408.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> corresponding to the application you need.</li><li class="listbullet">If you chose to add a hyperlink button to your Plesk control panel during installation of an application, then click the respective button on the domain administration screen (<strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong>) or navigation pane.</li></ul><p class="procedureheading">To reconfigure an application or change the application administrator's password: </p>
<p class="bodytext">Go to <strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong><strong class="specialbold"> </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Web Applications</strong> and click <img src="45409.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> corresponding to the application you wish to reconfigure.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To uninstall an application: </p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Go to <strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong><strong class="specialbold"> </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Web Applications</strong>, and select a check box corresponding to the application that you no longer need. </li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click <img src="17026.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> <strong class="specialbold">Remove Selected</strong>, confirm the removal and click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong>. The application will be uninstalled and its databases removed from the server.</li></ol><p class="bodytext"></p>
<p class="bodytext">If you want a certain Web application to be started when someone tries to enter a domain, it can be done by creating a default domain application.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To set an application as default for a domain:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Go to <strong class="specialbold">Domains </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> </strong><strong class="placeholder">domain name</strong><strong class="specialbold"> </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> Web Applications.</strong></li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select a check box corresponding to Web Application you want to set as default and click <img src="45410.gif" alt="" height="16" width="16" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="bottom" border="0"> <strong class="specialbold">Default</strong>. Click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong> to confirm.</li></ol><p class="bodytext">Now, when a user enters an URL in the address field of his browser (for example, http://example.com), he is taken to the default Web application.</p>
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